In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Neen Savage like this:
NEEN-SAVAGE, a parish, with a village, in Cleobury-Mortimer district, Salop; on the river Rea, 1 mile N of Cleobury-Mortimer, and 2 N of Cleobury-Mortimer r. station. Post-town, Cleobury-Mortimer, under Bewdley. Acres, 3, 779. Real property, £4, 376. Pop., 452. Houses, 98. The property is much subdivided. ...
Paperis manufactured. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £394.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient but good; and has a tower, formerly surmounted by a spire, which was destroyed by lightning in 1825. There are an endowed school with £24 a year, and charities £16.
Neen Savage through time
Neen Savage is now part of Bridgnorth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bridgnorth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Neen Savage itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Neen Savage, in Bridgnorth and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10433
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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